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TooT BALL, GAME APPARATUS. No. 513,116. Patented Jan. 23, 1894.

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THOMAS KNIGHT, OF ISLINGTON, CANADA.

FOOT-BALL-GAIVI E APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,116, dated January 23,1894.

Application filed September 14, 1893. Serial No. 485,519. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS KNIGHT, gardener, of the village ot' Islington, in the county of York, 1n the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Foot-BallGame Apparatus, of which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to a parlor game of football and the object of the invention is to devise a game for parlor amusement which will very nearly resemble the game of foot ball and it consists essentially of providing a board representing the field inclosed by a netting or suitable fence and provided at different points throughout the field with a series of pivoted arms representing the men, which arms are designed to be swung hori- Zontally so as to propel the ball, portion of the arms representing one side and portion the other being interspersed throughout the field, the arms for each side being manipulated by a rack and pinion and knobs connected to the rack by wire rods, the knobs for each side being arranged at opposite sides of the boards as hereinafter more particularly explained.

The drawing represents a perspective view part1ally broken away and in section lto exhibit the construction of my board and Inode Y of operation of the swinging arms.

A, is the top board, B, the bottom board,

L and C, the side strips, which separate the boards from each other. The board, A, or more properly called the lield portion of it, which we shall call A', is surrounded by a netting fence, D, constructed as hereinafter described. n E, is a series of arms attached to or forming part of the spindle, e, which extends throughout the top board, A, into the bottom board, B. The lightly shaded arms represent men of one side and the darkly shaded arms the men of the opposing side. Upon the spindle, e, is secured a pinion, e. The pinions, c', for working one set of arms are placed near the top board and the ones for Working the other set are placed next the bottom board.

f, is a rack, which is secured on the rod, F, intermediately between the side strips, Y O. The rack, f, has preferably a sufficient number of teeth to turn the pinion, e', a revolution and a half. It will be noticed that the control the swinging of the arms, E. Aposite end of the rod, F, is turned down so that the pinions on the spindles of the op-A posing sets of arms are placed at the top and bottom. One end of each rod, F, is turned up and has secured to it a knob, G, so as to enable the player to readily adj ust the rods longitudinally and thereby, by the racks, f,

The opas to form a stop f to control the movement ot the rack, f. All the knobs for manipulating one set of arms are placed at the one side of the board on the turned up end of the rod, F, while all the knobs for controlling the opposing set of arms are placed on the opposite side of the board.

The fence, D, is constructed of a series of arc-shaped sections d, held in position by pins, d. The arcs of these sections of fence netting correspond to the sweep of the arms, so that the ball may not in anyV position get beyond the reach of the arms. At each end of the .board is the goal, which in this case a Having now described the principal parts involved in my invention I shall brieiiy describe the manner of playing the game. The object of the game is the same as foot ball to carry the ball, J, toward the opponents goal and this is accomplished by the players of each set of arms Working against each other with such arms, so as to work the ball down or up the lield. lt will be seenthat quite an interesting game may be played bythe utili- Zation of the arms in the manner hereinbefore described.

Although l show a rack and pinion for rotating the spindle, e, it will of course be understood that other means might be employed such for instance as an endless cord extend- .lOO

ing to the outside of the board and Wrapped two or three times around a spool on the splndle.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. As a foot ball game, a board provided wlth two sets of pivoted arms interspersed, means for manipulating each set from opposlte sides of the board, a fence to inclose the field and goals situated at opposite ends of the field as and for the purpose specified.

2. The board, A, provided with two sets of pivoted arms, E, attached to or forming part of the spindle, e, a pinion, e,on each spindle, e, and racks, f, meshing with the pinions, e', and secured on rods, F, which are manipulated by knobs, G, a fence, D, inclosing the specified.

THOMAS KNIGHT.

Witnesses:

B. BOYD, H. S. S. YOUNG. 

